June 23, 2010

"Government is made of men, and men are made of vanity"--The Pallisers

    Dreamed about the post office in my hometown Sackville, N.B., and the area where we had a box; the movie The Reader (which I haven't seen and don't want to see).

    Toronto had a slight tremor, which I felt in my bedroom! (I thought it was Father and John working on the sun room below me...)

    Dinner was pork steak.

    Went to the Games Meetup.  I played Agricola and Ticket to Ride Europe. (I won the latter game narrowly.) My The Bay shopping bag burst open!

    Now that I've finished reading those comic strip reprints, I've resumed reading the Arts & Letters issue of Lapham's Quarterly.

June 22, 2010

"Anyhow, life isn't important."

"Not when it's somebody else's life..."

--Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    Father and I went shopping for the first time in a while. (We got some ice since the freezer's icemaker hasn't been working.)

    Moira was cleaning the whole kitchen today.

    Went to see Dr. Ang again.  She prescribed me Robitussin and an antibiotic.

    Dinner was salmon.

    Saw Pandora and the Flying Dutchman at the Cinematheque.  James Mason and Ava Gardner had nice chemistry. (I got sleepy in the second half.)

June 21, 2010

    Dreamed of a miniature train coming out of the garage from our old house in Sackville, N.B., and going east through the back yard.

    Dinner was lasagna.

    Went out to finally see Kurosawa's Yojimbo at the Cinematheque, but in the end I decided I wasn't up to it and went home. (Oh well, it's on my zip.ca queue.)

    I think my persistent cough may be due to hay fever.

June 20, 2010

    Dreamed of Father asking if the TV series Mad Men had a character called Frederick.

    Went to a Games Meetup at the Ryserson student centre.  I played Bohnanza and Caylus, the latter for the first time. (I finished last with 42 points.) Moira's found me a big The Bay shopping bag that'll hold all my games!

    Dinner was roast chicken.

    Saw the DVD of the 1966 Dr. Who adventure "The War Machines," which was actually set in Swinging London! (It was broadcast at the same time as we were living in England.) I liked the scene at a nightspot called Inferno, and the thrown-in mod costume at the end.

June 19, 2010

"I really shouldn't be saying this, since you saved our lives, but killing people is a bad habit"--Sanjuro

"You disgust me!  Stupidity is dangerous"--ibid.

    Dreamed of a dog biting my hand and not letting go; a highbrow British magazine supplement focusing on Russian culture in the 20th century.

    Stayed in bed past 15:00!

    Dinner was Chinese food. (My fortune cookie warned me not to let people take advantage of me.)

    Saw Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Sanjuro (for the second time) at the Cinematheque.  Toshiro Mifune Da Man!

June 18, 2010

    Dreamed of the actual Brian Keith sitcom The Little People; being naked outdoors, meeting a swarm of mosquitoes and getting stung.

    Dinner was the rest of the stew.

    Got through the Coro Verdi concert. (Father wasn't well enough to go.) I managed to stay standing for most of the show.

June 17, 2010

    Dreamed of driving along a new highway in Cape Breton; standing on the top of the car; passing through an Arab community.

    Slept around the clock.

    Dinner was stew.